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    CVE-2005-0202

    Directory traversal vulnerability in the true_path function in private.py for Mailman 2.1.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via ".../....///" sequences, which are not properly cleansed by regular expressions that are intended to remove "../" and "./" sequences.

    Published:Feb 9, 2005
    Last Modified:Apr 16, 2026
    EPS:Feb 9, 2005
    EPSS Score:0.02731
    CVSS Score:5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Gnu
    Product
    Mailman
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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    References

    http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Mar/msg00000.html
    http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-February/031562.html
    http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110805795122386&w=2
    http://secunia.com/advisories/14211
    http://securitytracker.com/id?1013145
    http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-674
    http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200502-11.xml
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:037
    http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_07_mailman.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-136.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-137.html
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10657
    http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Mar/msg00000.html
    http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-February/031562.html
    http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110805795122386&w=2
    http://secunia.com/advisories/14211
    http://securitytracker.com/id?1013145
    http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-674
    http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200502-11.xml
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:037
    http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_07_mailman.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-136.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-137.html
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10657

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High